Egg-carrier



(No Model.)

J W N ALM 0. 572,466 EGG OARRIfif Patent ed Dec 1 INVENTOI? l I t' Igrams PETERS so ATTORNEY.

.7 wnsumuma UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN w. ALMAOK, or COSHOOTON, omo.

EGG-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,466, dated December1, 1896.

Application filed May 2,1896. Serial No. 590,020. (No model.)

T0 at whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN 'W. ALMAOK, of Coshocton, in the county ofCoshocton and State of Ohio, have invented an Improved Egg-Carrier, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved egg-carrier, the object being to provide acheap and simple device for carrying eggs by the dozen, halfdozen, (be.

The carrier is specially intended for the retail dealers use for sendingeggs to the customer, but the carrier can also be employed by thewholesale dealer for packing the eggs within the crate, from which theycan be taken in one-half dozen or dozen lots at a time.

- Another object is to provide a carrier of this kind which can beflattened out for shipping purposes, but can be readily set up wheneverit is intended to place the eggs therein.

WVith these various objects in view my invention consists, essentially,in a blank adapted to be folded into a case and one or more series ofcollapsible cell-cases attached to said blank in such a manner that whenthe blank is folded the cell-cases will rest within the case capable ofreceiving and holding eggs.

The invention consists, also, in certain details of construction, all ofwhich will be fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming apart of this specification, Figure 1 is a viewshowing the invention in use. Fig. 2 is aview showing the blank andcell'case fiat. Fig. 3 is a top View with the cover removed. Fig. 4shows details of construction.

In carrying out my invention I employ a blank A, of pasteboard, thelength of the blank depending entirely upon the number of eggs thecarrier is to hold. The width is uniform, as will appear hereinafter.This blank is bent upon the line a to form the side 1 of the case, andalso bent upon the linea, to form the other side, 2, the portion betweenlines a and co constituting the bottom. The top is bent on the line orand is of the same size as the bottom. The cell-cases B are attached tothe inner faces of the sides 1 and 2, and in making said cell-cases Iemploy a serpentine strip 0 and the fiat strip D, the strip D beingarranged parallel to sides 1 and 2, the longitudinal portions 0 of thestrip 0 being attached alternately to the said strips and sides, thusprovidinga series of cases, the transverse portions a dividing orseparating the cells. The cell-cases are collapsible and fold flat uponthe sides, so that the blank and cells thereon can be shipped flat tothe user. desired to use them, the side 1 is bent up, then side 2, andthen the cover bent down. The cell-cases are then distended and filledwith eggs, and it will be seen that I provide a novel form of carrier asa cheap substitute for a bag, so thatthe retail dealer, instead of usinga bag, can send the eggs in the improved case with absolutely safety,and they can be so kept in the household.

In the drawings I have shown a case holding one dozen, but it will beunderstood that the case can be made longer or shorter to hold more orless.

The carrier can be also used in an egg crate in place of the ordinarycell-cases now in common use, and their use greatly facilitates theloading and unloading of said crates.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat ent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, an egg-carrier, comprising a top,bottom and sides formed from an integral piece of pasteboard or othersuitable material, a serpentine strip 0 so bent as to form portions 0, afiat strip D running longitudinally of the said egg-carrier, and inconjunction with strip 0 forming egg-cases, substantially as set forthand described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature When it is

